how does xerophytes synthesis their food
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Xerophyte adaptations increase water intake, limit water loss, and store water efficiently. Water intake adaptations include deep or widespread roots, and high salt content to increase osmosis. Xerophytes have thick cuticles, lost or finely divided leaves, reduced stomata, and CAM photosynthesis.
In the case of xerophytes stomata are partially closed during day time to reduce the transpiration.since there is a partial opening of stomata, photo synthesis takes, but a low rate
Only a few xerophytes i.e succulent xerophytes are adapted to CAM cycle of photo synthesis in which stoma close during day time and open during night time.These plants adapted to fix carbon dioxide during night time to have sufficient phosynthetic yield.